A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Dude had a problem with Framework supporting a politically dubtious FOSS project so he went with HP as the morally superior choice 😆
Dude as soon as I read that I stopped reading the article and rushed straight to the comment to the comment and I wasn’t disappointed to find I wasn’t the only one that noticed that.
i’m deeply skeptical of someone having done that much “research” and concluding that HP has to be the best option for any kind of hardware
Commissioned article
It ain’t much, but it’s dis-honest work.
Can I get a quick rundown on hp controversy?
https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp
you can pretty much just read the headlines:
https://www.npr.org/2006/10/12/6252448/hp-spying-scandal-offers-window-into-board-battles
https://www.pcmag.com/news/hp-accused-of-quietly-installing-spyware-on-windows-pcs
https://www.cio.com/article/260587/hp-spying-scandal-a-timeline.html
https://www.gsaig.gov/news/hewlett-packard-agrees-pay-united-states-55-million-settle-allegations-fraud
this is all ignoring their bricking of their own printers when you try to use 3rd party ink, though widespread enshittification is making that particular bullshit more common among different brands
Or HPE software
If you want the “morally superior choice” just head over to your nearest electronics recycling center and pick up some old laptops.